Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions - Hardcover

Hari, Johann

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9781408878682: Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions

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ISBN 10: 1408878682 ISBN 13: 9781408878682

Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus, 2018

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'This amazing book will change your life' Elton John
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'A game-changer' Davina McCall
'Brilliant for anyone wanting a better understanding of mental health' Zoe Ball

A radically new way of thinking about mental health. What really causes depression and anxiety - and how can we really solve them? Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking anti-depressants when he was a teenager. He was told that his problems were caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate whether this was true - and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.

Across the world, Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. Hari�s journey took him from a mind-blowing series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin. Once he had uncovered nine real causes of depression and anxiety, they led him to scientists who are discovering seven very different solutions - ones that work.

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If you have ever been down, or felt lost, this amazing book will change your life. Do yourself a favour - read it now (Elton John)

A brilliant, stimulating, radical take on mental health (Matt Haig)

Lost Connections offers a wonderful and incisive analysis of the depression and alienation that are haunting American society (Hillary Rodham Clinton)

Wise, probing and deeply generous Hari has produced a book packed with explosive revelations about our epidemic of despair ... I am utterly convinced that the more people read this book, the better off the world will be (Naomi Klein)

It's brilliant for anyone wanting a better understanding of mental health (Zoe Ball, Stylist)

Coupling diverse personal narratives with an intense investigation into the failings of Western society to better connect us all . I strongly believe that what Hari has created may be one of the most important texts of recent years. The book gives a voice to those who cannot speak and hands them a megaphone to vibrate the monolithic towers of the antidepressant drug industries. It teaches that through community, through social and natural connection, and through understanding, depression can be tackled via alternative means (British Journal of General Practice)

This book is a game changer (Davina McCall)

A prescient and compassionate Rosetta Stone for those trying to understand mental illness. Beautiful (Russell Brand)

Extraordinary ... A highly personal book, written with humility, humour and candour, it nonetheless heralds a crucial new discussion about our mental health - and health of the world we've created for ourselves . I honestly couldn't put it down. What a stunning piece of work (Brian Eno)

As with his book on drugs, Johann Hari has delivered a remarkable tour de force on a difficult, complex and controversial subject and made the reader think anew (Alastair Campbell)

Book Description:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety

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